BOSTON, April 17 (Reuters) - A planned Wednesday night media briefing on the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombing has been canceled, the Boston Police Department said on its official Twitter feed. (Reporting by Svea-Herbst Bayless, writing by Scott Malone)

(Reuters) - Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has nominated a former Boston police commissioner experienced in reforming troubled law enforcement agencies to lead his city's force, which is under federal monitoring stemming from an alleged pattern of excessive force. The nomination of Kathleen O'Toole, 60, comes as the Seattle Police Department is working under federal oversight to complete an overhaul of its rules surrounding the use of force and to root out any biased...

BOSTON (Reuters) - No suspect has been arrested in the investigation of the fatal bombing at the Boston Marathon, the Boston Police Department said in its official Twitter feed on Wednesday. (Reporting by Scott Malone; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick)

BOSTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Boston plans to launch a gun buyback program in a bid to reduce shootings following the death last week of a 9-year-old boy who was shot by his 14-year-old brother in an apparent accident, Mayor Marty Walsh said. Walsh, who took office last month, said he was still developing a specific plan, including how much would be paid and how collection would work, with the city's newly appointed police commissioner, William Evans. ...

BOSTON, April 15 (Reuters) - Boston police said on Monday that there was at least one explosion near 673 Boylston Street near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. "There was an explosion, police, fire and EMS are on the scene. We have no indication of how many people are injured," a spokeswoman for the Boston Police Department said. The explosion occurred as thousands of runners finished the 117th running of the Boston Marathon, with crowds watching...

BOSTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Two police officers were shot and wounded on Wednesday in the historic Dorchester neighborhood of Boston but their injuries were not life-threatening, police said. Police apprehended one suspect, who also was wounded in the shooting, and were seeking a second, police said on the Boston Police Department's official Twitter account. It was the second shooting involving Boston law enforcement in the past week. A prisoner...

April 19 (Reuters) - Boston Mayor Tom Menino said "we got him" on Twitter on Friday after the Boston Police Department announced it had apprehended the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. Police announced earlier that the second suspect was Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The Boston police tweeted, "captured!!! the hunt is over. The search is done. The terror is over. And justice has won. " (Reporting By Edward Krudy; Editing by Paul Simao)

Police captured a 19-year-old ethnic Chechen suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings with his older brother after an intense day-long manhunt on Friday that closed down the city and turned a working-class suburb into a virtual armed camp. The break in the case sent waves of relief and jubilation through Boston and the suburb of Watertown, where armored vehicles roamed the streets and helicopters flew overhead through the day. Residents...

BOSTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Two police officers were shot and wounded on Wednesday in the historic Dorchester neighborhood of Boston but their injuries were not life-threatening, police said. Police apprehended one suspect, who also was wounded in the shooting, and were seeking a second, police said on the Boston Police Department's official Twitter account. It was the second shooting involving Boston law enforcement in the past week. A prisoner...

* Suburb circled by helicopters, armed vehicles on streets * Suspect is wounded and being treated in hospital * Cheers erupt as suspect taken into custody (Adds new details and quotes from police, Obama) By Aaron Pressman and Stephanie Simon WATERTOWN, Mass., April 19 (Reuters) - Police captured a 19-year-old man suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings with his older brother after a day-long manhunt on Friday that closed down...

(Reuters) - Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has nominated a former Boston police commissioner experienced in reforming troubled law enforcement agencies to lead his city's force, which is under federal monitoring stemming from an alleged pattern of excessive force. The nomination of Kathleen O'Toole, 60, comes as the Seattle Police Department is working under federal oversight to complete an overhaul of its rules surrounding the use of force and to root out any biased...

(Reuters) - Larry Peruzzi, who runs a trading desk at a small institutional broker in Boston, came into his office at 7:45 a.m. on Friday and told his two-person early morning crew to leave immediately and prepare to work from home. The city was not yet under virtual lockdown, but police had shot a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing overnight and a manhunt for the second suspect was under way. On Peruzzi's drive in, "The highway was just packed, and crawling," he told...

(Restores dropped word in headline) By Aaron Pressman and Stephanie Simon WATERTOWN, Mass., April 19 (Reuters) - Police captured a 19-year-old man on Friday night suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings with his older brother after a day-long manhunt using helicopters and heavily armed officers in a Boston suburb. The Boston Police Department said on Twitter that the suspect was in custody and officers were sweeping the area. ...

April 19 (Reuters) - Boston Mayor Tom Menino said "we got him" on Twitter on Friday after the Boston Police Department announced it had apprehended the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. Police announced earlier that the second suspect was Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The Boston police tweeted, "captured!!! the hunt is over. The search is done. The terror is over. And justice has won. " (Reporting By Edward Krudy; Editing by Paul Simao)